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Farm bill chugs along with passage of food stamps cut, but future still uncertain

Amanda Peterka, E&E reporter

Published: Friday, September 20, 2013

The House yesterday voted 217-210, mostly along party lines, to pass a bill that would cut $40 billion from the national food stamp program over the next decade, a move that brings a five-year reauthorization of farm, conservation and energy programs one step closer to final passage.